A SVRES BLEU NOUVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE)

BLUE INTERLACED L'S MARKS ENCLOSING DATE LETTERS KK FOR 1787, PAINTER'S MARK FOR DODIN AND GILDER'S MARK FOR CHAUVAUX L'AN, VARIOUS INCISED MARKS

Details

A SVRES BLEU NOUVEAU CUP AND SAUCER (GOBELET 'LITRON' ET SOUCOUPE)
Blue interlaced L's marks enclosing date letters KK for 1787, painter's mark for Dodin and gilder's mark for Chauvaux l'an, various incised marks
The cup painted with a bacchante picking grapes in a landscape within a gilt money-pattern medallion, the saucer with an extensive autumnal landscape, the borders with a wide band of gilt stylized flowers and palm fronds, the handle enriched in gilt, gilt dentil rims (2)

Provenance

Le Tallec Collection, Sold Ader Picard Tajan, Paris, 8-9 November 1990, lot 833

Lot Essay

Charles-Nicolas Dodin was active at Vincennes and Svres as a painter of figures and trophies 1754-1803.

Michel-Barnab Chauvaux was active at Vincennes and Svres as a gilder 1752-1788.